Everyone works at wallyworld. Only blasted place hiring anymore. If it wasn't for them my dad would still be looking for work, got laid off after 25 years x.x Funny thing is he's been there since 2001 and is making nearly as much as my mom who has been at lowe's since 1996 lol. Anyhow the zip ties seem to work. I should make a tutorial for it. I zipped one around his waist and stuck the ends of the shoulder parts under this and put glue on it.

I once saw somewhere this guy making stuff like that out of magic the gathering cards I have been searching for the site ever since but it had some great ideas on it for customizing with cards of all things

Try some narrow gauge ribbon, that's what I used for my recent Punisher's holster and sheath straps. It glues well, is super thin and paints well. I also used it to wrap my Ninja's head, wrists, and calves.

One of things I have tried that worked out pretty decent was wrapping twist ties in first aid tape.
You can control the width and thickness and bend em any way you need.
I used theses to make the belt and leg straps on the Deadpool I submitted about a month ago if you want to see how they look.
Or I suppose you could just sculpt em on.